This Cathedral was built around 1480. The bell tower is from 1767. The red upper part of bell tower was renovated between 1868 and 1869. Inside the vaults and walls there are nice murals. Mainly they are from the 1510s. These kinds of mural paintings are typical in my country in our medieval churches.

My photos I took in 2005, 2008 and 2011. So, my set of photos is a real mixture of the use of different cameras in various lights. This church can be reached easily from Helsinki by bus in 45 minutes.

I loved the photos. The architecture was interesting (we don’t have an archeological treasures from medieval times where I live!). And the murals and interior design were both beautiful and spiritually uplifting. Thank you for sharing these images.

I loved all your pictures, but especially enjoyed pictures 1, 4, 5 and 6 (love the brick work on the cathedral) and I liked 7, 8, and 9 too (8 and 9 are worthy of being postcards). I also liked no 13 and 33, which showed the interior of the cathedral. This is an incredible looking cathedral, both inside and out. I hope you have a great weekend!

How wonderful to have such an old treasure survive into the present day. I love all things medieval, and especially medieval music. I can imagine the church when the murals were freshly painted, and how the sacred music must have resonated in that beautiful space. Thanks for a lovely post, Matti, and I hoe you have a wonderful weekend.

I enjoyed seeing your great photos of this church, and marveled at what they built so long ago and at how difficult it must have been back then to build it. Brilliant people they were, and dedicated to hard work!

Now You surprised me telling that You have visited some old church nearby Helsinki. It might have been Vantaa or even Porvoo. The church of Porvoo is small, but beautiful. The most terrific / awesome medieval church nearby Helsinki is the Church of Lohja. It has incredible amount of beautiful and historic mural paintings.

Beautiful building. I used to work for Nokia in the UK and visted Espoo a couple of times but I only saw dull faceless hotels and offices. Never imagined that Espoo held such a wonderful treasured building

Nice comment. Thank You. This is another surprise concerning this post. I think that You are generally speaking right what comes to Espoo. What I am missing its real center. There are many local centers, but the one and real is missing from my mind. My daughter is still working for that company which You mentioned in Your comment. Every spring I visit also in the Nokia Annual General Meeting.

I am glad that You like this historic church in Espoo which is near to Helsinki. Old can be beautiful and what is the best, different years and styles are yet today to be seen inside / outside. Thank You commenting.

Thank You for leaving Your comment. It was very nice to read that You visited Helsinki. There is so much to see and to select the right ones is not so easy finally. All depends on what we love, like architecture, landscape, art, hobbies or sometimes it is good just to sit in some open-air café and to enjoy looking at people who pass busy.

Beautiful photos . I love old churches and the detail of the workmanship that went into making them. Here in Australia our churches are very young as we lack the history that Europe has. Thanks for dropping by my blog today. I really enjoyed looking at your blog. So interesting.

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